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Confucian Ethics

A Comparative Study of Self, Autonomy, and Community

The Chinese ethical tradition has often been thought to oppose West-

ern views of the self as autonomous and possessed of individual rights

with views that emphasize the centrality of relationship and commu-

nity to the self. The essays in this collection discuss the validity of

that contrast as it concerns Confucianism, the single most inﬂuen-

tial Chinese school of thought. Alasdair MacIntyre, the single most

inﬂuential philosopher to articulate the need for dialogue across tra-

ditions, contributes a concluding essay of commentary.

This is the only consistently philosophical collection on Asia and

human rights and could be used in courses on comparative ethics,

political philosophy, and Asian area studies.

Kwong-loi Shun is Professor of Philosophy and East Asian Studies at

the University of Toronto.

David B. Wong is Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.

Confucian Ethics

A Comparative Study of Self, Autonomy,

and Community

Edited by

KWONG-LOI SHUN

University of Toronto

DAVID B. WONG

Duke University